Compugirls: How Girls of Color Find and Define Themselves in the Digital Age

What does is it mean for girls of color to become techno-social change agents--individuals who fuse technological savvy with a deep understanding of society in order to analyze and confront inequality?

Kimberly A. Scott explores this question and others as she details the National Science Foundation-funded enrichment project COMPUGIRLS. This groundbreaking initiative teaches tech skills to adolescent girls of color but, as importantly, offers a setting that emphasizes empowerment, community advancement, and self-discovery. Scott draws on her experience as an architect of COMPUGIRLS to detail the difficulties of translating participants' lives into a digital context while tracing how the program evolved. The dramatic stories of the participants show them blending newly developed technical and communication skills in ways designed to spark effective action and bring about important change.

A compelling merger of theory and storytelling, COMPUGIRLS provides a much-needed roadmap for understanding how girls of color can find and define their selves in today's digital age.

Author: Kimberly A. Scott
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 10/12/2021
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780252086137
ISBN10: 0252086139
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Education | Teaching | Subjects | Science & Technology
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | General

About the Author
Kimberly A. Scott is a professor in the Women and Gender Studies Department at Arizona State University and the Founder/Executive Director of ASU's Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology. She is coauthor of Kids in Context: The Sociological Study of Children and Childhoods and coeditor of Women Education Scholars and their Children's Schooling.